Background
Heeks, Willy was born on April 28, 1951 in Providence. Son of William Heeks and Mary McBride.
Heeks, Willy was born on April 28, 1951 in Providence. Son of William Heeks and Mary McBride.
He participated in the Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1973 and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Rhode Island that same year. He studied in the Tyler School of Art"s Graduate Program in 1978, and received an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Rhode Island College in 1995.
Heeks lived and painted in New York City for many years before returning to his native Rhode Island in the 1990s. He currently resides there. San Francisco.
Married Catherine Stewart Allen, September 27, 1986. Children: Lydia Elizabeth, Eliza Rose.